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Granulomatous reaction in a patient with lung cancer: should we treat it?

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The presence of granulomatous reaction and lung cancer at the same time is a rare occurrence, which confuses clinicians in deciding the line of treatment. In tuberculosis (TB) endemic regions,… Click to show full abstract

The presence of granulomatous reaction and lung cancer at the same time is a rare occurrence, which confuses clinicians in deciding the line of treatment. In tuberculosis (TB) endemic regions, the dilemma of considering the presence of TB adds a further complication. In TB endemic regions, granulomatous inflammation in the samples from a tumour in the lung or in the draining lymph nodes will not be sufficient to diagnose TB as granulomas can also arise as a reaction to tumour cells http://ow.ly/tOTm30kSFAY

Keywords: reaction patient; granulomatous reaction; reaction; lung cancer; lung

Journal Title: Breathe
Year Published: 2018

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